Buckle



(No Model.) F. B. CONVERSE.

BUCKLE.

Patented 001:. 22, 1895.

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FRANK B. CONVERSE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ANABEL LEAYITT, OF STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,354, dated October 22, 1895.

Application inea' July 17, 1895.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK B. CONVERSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York, State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of whichthe following is a full and true description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein similar letters indicate like vparts in 1o the several views, and which show one embodiment of my invention.

The object of my invention is to provide a reliable buckle, which may readily and securely engage or release the strap.

Figure l is a perspective view of one form of my buckle as it appears when engaging the strap around a package. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection of the buckle engagingastrap. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the buckle, zo showing the position ofthe parts when the tongue-frame is swungto withdraw the tongue from the strap.

A represents the tongue of the buckle pivoted on the front bar B of a rocking frame'B.

z 5 The rocking frame B may be provided with bars Ba and B4 on the end opposite the bar B to assist in disengaging the buckle and strap. Preferably midway of its length the frame B is provided with openings B2 B2, and is pivoted upon a bar E of another frame C. The frame C is provided with a front bar C', upon which the free end of the tongne'A rests, and is also provided with a guide-bar D, which is employed to guide the pivoted tongue A when the frame Bis rocked. The relation of the tongue A and bar D may be variously planned, it being necessary only that the bar D shall permit the tongue to slide and shall also hold the tongue from falling away from the bar.

4o As shown, the bar D has an opening therethrough, and the tongue A rests in and is guided by such opening.

One end of the strap is fastened to the rocking frame by engaging the bar B', (and part of the strap may be cut away to permit the tongue to swing,) and the strap is then passed over the bar E and under the bars B and B4. When the strap is pulled, it causes the two frames B and C to be in substantially the 5o"` same plane, and the free end of the pivoted tongue rests on the bar C. The free end of Serial No. 556,212. (No model.)

the strap is pierced at intervals, and the tongue fits into the perforations in the usual manner. When engaging the tongue and strap, the strap is passed under the bar C and drawn upwardly until the tongue fits in the desired opening in the strap, and then the strap may be passed underthebar B4. When it is desired to release the strap, the frame B is tilted by swinging the rear end upwardly. If the free end of the strap is under such rear end, it may be pulled. The swinging of the frame B causes the pivoted tongue to be retracted and out of the perforation of the strap, the tongue being guided by the bar D.

In order that' the bar D may always act as a guide for the pivoted tongue, my improved buckle may be provided with means to limit the swinging frame B, so that the pivoted tongue shall not become disengaged from the barD. Such means may be integral knuckles F, formed on the outside of the side bars of the frame, or by bending the wires or otherwlse.

It will of course be understood that I do not desire to be understoodA as confining myself to the exact form or arrangement of the parts shown in the accompanying drawings, as various forms of buckles maybe made which embody my invention, nor do I wish to be understood as limiting myself to a buckle having one pivoted tongue, for a plurality of pivoted tongues may be employed without departing from the limits of my invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A buckle consisting of a swinging-frame having a pivoted engaging means, and of a main-frame upon which the swinging-frame is mounted, in combination with means to guide the pivoted engaging means when the swinging-frame is rocked, substantially as described.

2. Abuckle consisting of a swinging-frame having a pivoted engaging means and of a main-frame upon which the swinging-frame is mounted, said main-frame provided with a cross-bar for guiding the pivoted engaging means when the swinging-frame is rocked, substantially as described.

3. A buckle consisting of a swinging-frame having a pivoted tongue and of a main-frame IOO upon which the swingingframe is mounted, said main-frame provided with a cross-'bar having an openingr therethrough and said pivoted tongue passing through the opening of the crossbar, substantially as described.

4. A buckle consisting of a swinging-frame having a pivoted engaging means, a mainframe upon which the swinging-frame is mounted, means to guide the pivoted engaging means when the swinging-frame is rocked, and means to limit the movement of the swinging-frame, substantially as described.

5. A buckle consisting of a swinging-frame having a pivoted engaging means upon one end of said frame and an opening in the other end of the said frame, in combination with a main-frame upon which the swinging-frame 

